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Today Hoda Kotb, Jenna Bush Hager complete for Megyn Kelly

adminOctober 29, 2018

It's a new day in Today. The NBC morning show broadcast its third live hour on Monday, October 29 for the first time since Megyn Kelly today was canceled, with the remaining hosts of the program completing Megyn Kelly, 47.

"Today, as you know, we are starting a new chapter in the third hour of our program," commentator. Hoda Kotb He said at the top of the show. "As it evolves, we want you to know that all the Today The family will continue to bring you informative and important stories, as we have always done. "

Hoda Kotb and Megyn KellyNathan Congleton / Getty Images

Kotb, 54, then went on to the news of the Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting alongside Al Roker Y Craig Melvin, and that coverage continued until the 9 a.m. ET of Kelly. Finally, Jenna Bush Hager It took the third hour, housing a segment of Kelly's old studio.

Megyn Kelly today it was canceled last week a few days after the former Fox News presenter questioned why Blackface was racist during a panel conversation about the show. "You really get into trouble if you're a white person who turns black on Halloween or a black person who turns white," he added in the segment on Tuesday, October 23. "That was fine when I was a child, as long as you were dressed as a character."

Kelly apologized to his staff via email that same day and apologized to the viewers the next morning. However, NBC announced the cancellation of its program on Friday, October 26.Megyn Kelly today will not come back next week, the time of 9 a.m. It will be organized by others Today Coanchors, "said a spokesman for NBC News. We weekly in a statement at the moment. The network has not yet announced its plans for TodayIt's the third hour.

Bryan Freedman, a lawyer for Kelly, told him We that the TV hacker "is still an employee of NBC News and discussions continue on the next steps".

Megyn Kelly today it had been broadcast for little more than a year at the time of its cancellation, but one source said We weekly The days of the show were numbered even before the controversy of the black face. "Discussions about the end of the Megyn program have been going on for a moment," the source said. "This is not a recent development. NBC was practically waiting for a reason to finish this program. "

Today It airs every day of the week on NBC at 7 a.m. ET.

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